Café “Kuronekotei” boasts an unusual roster of employees. A group of automata, or autonomous mechanical dolls, serve their patrons with a smile, but they weren’t always so suited to domestic life. Just a few years prior, automata served as weapons in the great war, fulfilling the bloody purpose for which they were created. Now that the war has ended, these machines with human hearts search for their place in an unfamiliar, peaceful world — and their search begins at the Kuronekotei café.

(Source: Sentai Filmworks)

Note: Prima Doll was streamed 5 days in advance of the TV broadcast on ABEMA beginning July 3, 2022. Regular broadcasting began on July 9, 2022.

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Studios

• NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
• Mainichi Broadcasting System
• Visual Arts
• TOKYO MX
• AQUA ARIS
• JR Higashi Nihon Kikaku
• Bibury Animation Studios
• MAGNET
• BS Asahi
• Pia

Staff

• Key — Original Creator, Original Plan
• Kazuhiro Arai — Art Design
• Motoki Tanaka — Director
• Masakazu Miyake — Art Director
• Yuri Sanami — Art Design
• Mutsumi Takemiya — Editing
• Na-Ga — Original Character Design
• Makoto Ishiwata — Original Mechanical Design
• Yui Hara — Original Character Design
• Masanori Tsuchiya — Sound Director
• Akane Yano — Character Design, Chief Animation Director (eps 1-9, 11, 12)
• Azumi Waki — Theme Song Performance (OP)
• Miyu Tomita — Theme Song Performance (OP)
• En Morikura — Original Character Design
• Tomori Kusunoki — Theme Song Performance (OP)
• Choco Fuji — Original Character Design
• Yuki Nakashima — Theme Song Performance (OP)
• Touya Okano — Script (eps 1-5, 7, 11, 12), Series Composition